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Winter storm live tracker: Snowfall maps, current alerts, weather warnings, ice forecasts, power outages
Track the latest winter storm as it sweeps across Texas and through the Tennessee Valley into the Southeast on Thursday and Friday with live radar maps, snow forecasts and freezing rain potential.
21.2 inches (54 cm) of snow fell at Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, making this the third largest total snowfall in Chicago history, [77] after the infamous Chicago Blizzard of 1967, and the Blizzard of 1999. 24 inches (61 cm) fell at the 1 N Abingdon mesonet site in Knox County, in West Central Illinois. This was the largest snowfall in ...
In 1931 the Peoria Weather Bureau began 24-hour operations, and in the following years the office began direct radio broadcasts, through local radio station WMBD. [2] As the aviation industry grew a Weather Bureau Airport Station (WBAS) was opened at the Peoria Municipal Airport, initial observations included temperature, wind and rain readings. [7]
Travel disruptions are likely to mount, as snowfall totals of 6-12 inches are expected along a 1,100-mile-long corridor of the United States, an Massive winter storm to unload snow from Illinois ...
Lake effect snow occurred in North Texas, with 2.3 in (5.8 cm) of snow in Coppell and 2 in (5.1 cm) of snow in Forney. [18] Schools across several states, including Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama closed as a result of the storm. [19] [20] In St. Martin Parish, portions of Interstate 10 and Interstate 210 closed due to the winter weather. [21]
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Ivan Brunk, meteorologist in charge of the Chicago U.S. Weather Bureau (now National Weather Service) office at that time, suggested that the radio service be reinstated and put to Marine usage on an experimental basis. The marine weather broadcast was an immediate success, and the service became permanent two years later.